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Overview

The chieftain can enrage their brethren, improving their combat abilities!

The Troll Chieftain is one of the deadliest enemies in Kingdom Rush. The Troll Chieftain can heal himself slowly like other Trolls, and his high amount of hit points can make him a nasty thorn in any defense. He always appears at the head of a wave of trolls, beating his Drum of War. They cost 6 lives when leaked - more than any other enemy in the series.

His most powerful asset is the Chieftain Zeal, a powerful, albeit short-lived, spell that heals all trolls (except for other Troll Chieftains and Troll Breaker on Steam) in range, gives them extra 15-30 attack damage, 50% armor, increased speed and range for Troll Champions. The speed boost allows most trolls to dash past your towers, opening up a path for other troops to get through.

The Chieftain Zeal has no effect on the Troll Breaker in the Steam and Mobile version of the game.

Strategy

Concentrate your defenses in one area. With this strategy, the trolls will lose health faster than they regenerate it - and die before they escape the battlefield.

Kill Troll Chieftains as quickly as possible! Their enrage ability dramatically increases the effectiveness of nearby enemies. Rain of Fire can deal a great amount of damage to them, and has a chance of killing them outright at higher levels.

Mages, especially advanced wizards, work well since they deal high damage and ignore the armor buff. Combine with barracks, Elementals, and reinforcements to create a deadly choke point.

Strong melee heroes can be sent to fight them so that they cannot catch up with other Trolls, but beware of Troll Champions following the Chieftain. Retreat your hero to where your soldiers' station, when his/her health is low.

Because of his low damage compared to other trolls, reinforcements can block him for a fairly long time. Put them in front of the Troll Chieftain when he is in your main choke point to deal massive damage to him.

Troll Chieftains cost 6 lives if they escape, so if one escapes it automatically removes any chance of getting three stars on a level (as gaining three stars requires 18 or more lives at the end of the level). If you plan on striving for perfection, kill them at all costs.

Chieftain Zeal

Chieftain Zeal is when the Troll Chieftains hit their drums, enraging trolls to have better protection and better damage. It may help trolls regenerate health faster than usual. Note that their max health remains the same.